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1. In Hindsight…
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

... they really were. So when we want our agile teams to reflect on the past, just employing the teams’ collective hindsight is not what we want. In an agile world, retrospectives are about an open and honest ...

2. APLN
(Activities/Recent Activities)

... meeting, then Agile2010, not to mention keeping up with APLN Houston (which I'm happy to say is running just fine mostly without me), plus speaking at APLN Houston this month,  and oh yes somewhere in ...

3. More Agile Presentations at PMI Houston
(Activities/Recent Activities)

I have more agile presentations coming for PMI Houston in October. I'll be doing the pre-meeting presentations at the Strack Farms meeting on October 12th and the Hess Club meeting on October 13th.  ...

4. Houston TechFest 2010
(Activities/Recent Activities)

  I'm happy to be speaking at Houston Techfest again this year on October 9th,  I was quite impressed with the event last year.  This time around I'll be doing a presentation on agile planning. Haven't ...

5. Speaking At MD Anderson
(Activities/Recent Activities)

I'm getting ready to do a presentation for the PM Roundtable group at MD Anderson next week on September 8th.  The topic will be an introduction to agile principles. My thanks to colleague and friend Liz ...

6. Agile2010 Reflections
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

In the words of conference chair Jim Newkirk, Agile2010 is Done, Done.  Not unexpectedly,  I found it another great experience to catch-up with friends and colleagues, and to make new friends as well. ...

7. APLN Houston Presentation
(Downloads/Presentations)

An update to the PMIH agile planning presentation.  This one focuses more on incorporating value generation in our project planning and has an Innovation Game® Buy A Feature exercise to help gain consensus ...

8. Agile2010 Presentation
(Downloads/Presentations)

Accelerating Your Organization's Agile Adoption As more organizations adopt Agile practices they want to rapidly extend these benefits across their enterprise. However, agile adoption is challenging and ...

9. Stairway to Agility
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

... down the agile adoption path.  It is important that this new group of adopters has the right aim in mind. Agility in of itself is not the goal.  I may want to be more physically fit, but setting that ...

10. Speaking at APLN Houston
(Activities/Recent Activities)

I've always maintained what I thought was an appropriate distance between my consulting work and the APLN Houston chapter.  The chapter is about building a local community of agile enthusiasts and practitioners, ...

11. The Elusive Agile Enterprise
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

With agile principles and values becoming more widely accepted at the team level, a natural conversation heard in the agile community today is how to move beyond that.  How do we grow agile organizations ...

12. PMI Houston 2010 Conference & Expo
(Downloads/Presentations)

A busy day for me at the PMI Houston annual conference this year.  My thanks to PMI Houston for inviting me to present the following three sessions in the Agile Project Management track. Also my congratulations ...

13. Agile Adoption
(Services/Consulting)

... trying agile practices, but now you are wondering how to get started? Have you read an abundance of agile success stories and are wondering how you can become one of them? Let me help.  What's important ...

14. Agile Leadership
(Services/Consulting)

... the end of the project when everything is done. My manager wants to be agile, but still requires a detailed task level plan for all the whole project before we begin doing any work. My team understands ...

15. Not Suitable for Agile?
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

... article Philosophical Makeover when she talks about agility being a fear-inducing paradigm alteration.  She also goes on to discuss the fear factor in agile adoptions, shaping them to the adopting organization, ...

16. Agile2010 Experience
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

This year I was privileged to serve as the stage producer for the Agile Adoption stage for the Agile2010 conference.  I owe a debt of gratitude to the Leadership and Organizations program chair Pollyanna ...

17. The Power of Self-Organizing Teams
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

Responding to Change over Following a Plan; that’s what the Agile Manifesto says we should be doing and self-organizing teams do it quite well. One of the heartache scenarios I have always had with APLN ...

18. PMI Houston - Downtown
(Downloads/Presentations)

What's This Thing Called Agility? Adopting agile principles is more than just adopting a new set of practices.  To reach the full potential of agility, one must also adopt agile values and create an organizational ...

19. PMI Houston Newsletter Publication
(Activities/Recent Activities)

... what senior management should expect from agile teams.  ...

20. Agile2010
(Activities/Recent Activities)

This year I am honored to serve as the stage producer for the Agile Adoption Stage at the Agile2010 Conference in August. As a part of the broader Leadership and Organizations theme, the Agile Adoption ...